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The World Series of Fighting made a highly-controversial decision, in its talent acquisition, when it decided to book Dustin Holyko to fight Neiman Gracie in a fight that actually hit the small screen on NBC.

Holyko ended up dropping the match in a second-round submission but what's more upsetting is his checkered past.

A search of the Volusia County (Florida) Clerk records shows such lowlights as a 2005 disorderly intoxication charge, a concealed weapon charge in 2008, a 2010 disorderly intoxication and obstructing of an officer charge.

And those are just the minor charges.

There was a 2011 domestic battery charge and cruelty to animals charge, a 2012 felony battery domestic charge and most recently a domestic battery charge by strangulation.

Currently, he is on probation in Florida for an "escape" charge in 2012.

He also has a number of white-pride tats scattered over his body and the Nazi SS tattoos on his back.

Either WSOF didn't do its due diligence on this guy, which is unforgivable, or they didn't care, which is far more reprehensible.

Tweeting and Chirping

One Fighting Championship's Ben Askren was on hand for the The Ultimate Fighter 19 finale in Vegas, and couldn't resist chirping UFC president Dana White and UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks. "Sitting front row. (you're) looking like a fat boy," he tweeted to Hendricks. "Hey, Johny. Tell Uncle Dana (White) to let you prove your (sic) actually best, Can't beat me." Someone noticed Askren in the crowd and tweeted "Just noticed Ben Askren in the second row. Would be nice if he were actually inside the UFC cage one day." To which Askren replied. "Tell the bald man to make it happen," he said of White.

And the beat goes on

Can anybody stop UFC bantamweight Ronda Rousey?

Following her 16-second demolition of Alexis Davis in the first round at UFC 175 on Saturday night, White was asked post fight his thoughts on the undefeated champ.

"This is a chick that could leave this building, walk down the Las Vegas Strip and wreck every guy on the Strip."

Maybe he didn't believe what he said next but he said it anyway.

"Anybody on any given day can beat anybody, if they're on top of their game," White said with a straight face. "You never know what can happen when two people go in and start throwing punches and putting their hands on each other."

Has he actually watched Rousey's fights?

They're not fights at all. It's like watching a lion play with its food before deciding it's time to eat.

The fights started early

Dana White quashed reports that a strawweight fighter has been kicked off The Ultimate Fighter 20.

White was asked by a member of the media if Felice Herrig was kicked off the show for starting a fight the very first day of filming.

"Well, I wouldn't say she almost got thrown off, but a fight broke out the first day," White said.

Rumour has it the more-than-willing combatant was Heather Clark, who has a history of conflict with Herrig that dates back to Bellator 94 in March 2013.

TUF 20 is the all-female cast attempting to win the newly created strawweight division championship belt.

Coached by Anthony Pettis and Gilbert Melendez, the show will air this fall.

Take-home pay

Chris Weidman was the unequivocal winner in the war of the bank accounts at UFC 175 on Saturday night.

Weidman picked up a cool US$450,000 for his five-round victory over Lyoto Machida. But don't feel sorry for Machida, because he walked away with $200,000 for his troubles.

Rousey went home with $120,000 for her 16 seconds of work, while Davis took home $24,000.

Quick hits

Legacy FC has added two Brazilian jiu-jitsu stars to its lineup. Rafael Lovato Jr. and Justin Rader have signed multiple-fight contracts. Lovato Jr. comes with serious pedigree. He is the only American to win an IBJFF World Championship, a European Championship, a Pan American Championship, a Brazilian Championship, and he did it all within a 12-month span in '07. In the eyes of many experts, he is a better grappler than B.J. Penn. Rader is a student of Lovato Jr. and trains with him at their Oklahoma City academy. Rader has an IBJJF No Gi World Championship title to add to his small but growing credential list ... UFC star B.J. Penn hung up the fingered gloves following his lopsided loss to Frankie Edgar in The Ultimate Fighter Finale earlier this week. "Frankie did a great job," Penn told UFC commentator Jon Anik. "I shouldn't have came back, I shouldn't have been in the ring tonight." Penn is 1-5 since 2010, and his last win was a knockout of Matt Hughes in November of the same year ... Brazilian lightweight Marcos Souza fractured his right tibia after having his kick blocked by Cristian Goetz at Favela Kombat 10 in Sao Goncalo, Brazil ... MMA legend Jens Pulver decided to call it quits ... Stefan Struve's fight against Matt Mitrione at UFC 175 was cancelled because Struve had a fainting spell backstage prior to the fight. The fainting spell is related to the heart condition (leaking aortic valve and enlarged heart) that he was diagnosed with in '13.